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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-24
DESERVING THE UNION.
BricFIays Dissatisfied with the Man
agement of the strike.

BricEIays = Dissatisfied with the Man
agement of the strike.
CHICAGO. June 23.-The affairs of the
Bricklayers' Union are rapid lyapproach-
ing crisis and tomorrow nights meet
ing is liable to be an exciting one. The
German element has become disgusted
with the management and will make a
determined effort to unseat them from
the management.
At the recent meeting at Battery ID
Armory, it was decided to send delegates
to the AmalSamated Trades Council, but
this decision has been nulliiied by the
officers of the Union. AS a consequence
the other trades have become almost hos
tile to the bricklayers. and some are
openly working to defeat them in the
present strike.
The hod cali riers. fathers, carpenters,
plasterers, derrick men and steam filters
are now working upon buildings with
non-uniOn men bricklayers and decline
to strike at the request of the walking
delegates of the bricklayers.
Late yesterday afternoon nine pressed
brick masons called upon the executive
committee of master masOns and an
nounced their readiness to go to work.
They told the committee that hundreds
of men were upon the ragged edge and
would leave the Union Lefore the end of
the week.
The cause of this wholesale desertion
is found i'm the fact that the funds i'm the
bricklayers' treasury are exhausted. Pres
ident Won Keller informed all applicants
yesterday that there would be no money
until Friday. Hundreds of men have
never received a cent of assistance and
are charging that favoritism has been
shown i'm the distribution of money.
The sidewalk in front of Greenbaum's 5
building was crowded all day with an
excited body of men and the tenor of
their remarks was not favorable to the
leaders of the Union.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-24
NEW RAILWAY.
The Louisville, Cincinnati and virginia
RAILWAY Organized.

The Louisville, Cincinnati and Virginia
Railway Organized
NEW YORK. June 23.-An organiza-
tiOn has been made under charter
granted by the Kentucky Legislature
three years ago, incorporating the Louis
vile. Cincinnati and Virginia Railway
Company. The line of the proposed road
starts from Winchester. Ky, where it
connects with the Kentucky Central and
the Elizabethtown, Lexington and Big
Sandy roads, and then to the three forks
of the Kentucky River, thence it passes
through the coal fields of Southeastern
Kentucky to a point on the Virginia
line. where it connects with the Norfolk
and Western Railway. Among the d.
rectOrs are Messrs. Douglass Green, j. l..
Robertson and +. X. Hahn, of New York:
ex-senator j. S. Williams, A. w. Ham
iltOn and T. G.. Stuart. of Kentucky.
and w. ID. Hill and f. +. Hunt, of Bir-
mingham, Ala. The several counties
through which the line passes will be
asked to vote aid. The engineers will
begin the location of the line within a
few dayS.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-24
WILLIE'S FIREWORKS.
How They shook the British Empire
and Spoiled the Queens Pudding.
OiIIifN nnriicll


NEW YORK. June 2a.-The progress
made of late years i'm the business of
manufacturing fireworks i'm this coun-
try has just received a remarkable illus
tration.
Two dollars worth of fire crackers,
pin wheels and Roman candles. bought
i'm New York fireworks shop, has con-
vulsed the British Empire and a good
part of the rest of the world, shaking
Victoria on her throne. and spelling the
taste of her jubilee pudding.
All this was not the result of any
careful preparation by a fireworks COM
pany anxious for a free ''ad," but was
partly patriotic affection i'm the heart of
a Monroe street, New York, mother, and
partly spontaneous combustion on the
part of the British detectives.
Those fireworks were never intended
to tickle any thing bigger than the 10
yearold heart of William Musgrave. or
their sound to echo further than the
home of Willie's uncle, where he will be
spending his vacation from Mount
Mellery Seminary. County Waterford,
after July l. Peter Troy is a young
man who has relatives i'm County Tip
perary. who are also relatives of Mrs.
Helen Musgrave, of 81 Monroe street, in
this city Peter was going to visit his
relatives. and Just before starting. called
on Mrs. Musgrave to tell of his trip. 1t
was suggested that the opportunity
would be a good one To send to young
Willie some American fireworks with
which to celebrate the Fourth.
Mr.. Troy was willing to be the messen-
ger. and 50 was forthwith invested i'm Ro-
man candles, pinwheels and firecrackers.
which were packed i'm a little soap box,
with an old pair of trousers wrapped
around them to keep them from being ac-
cidentalIy set off. Two notes were also
put into the box, one to the Tipperary
relatives and the other To the little fel-
low" telling him that the next time
they would send him more, but these
would have to do for the present. The
OK was sent to the steamer dock ad-
dressed to Mr.. Troy, and nothing more
was thought of it until the cable dis
patches announced that a terrible dyna-
mite plot had been discovered, and an
American, Peter Troy, landing from the
Adriatic. had been arrested with the ex-
plosives-
In the house. on Monroe street, yester-
day, there was unalloyed merriment
over the affair. a merriment which prob
ably is not shared by poor Mr.. Troy,
presumably sweltering in a Queenstown
dungeon until the experts who, it is
announced. have been summoned to in
vestigate the internal machines" have
performed phlebOtomy on the penny
Roman candles, amputations on the
fire-crackers. and have submitted the
pin wheels to chemical tests.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-24
CHICAGO EXCHANGE BANK.
Its Affairs all Right-The Surplus to
BE increased.

CHICAGO, JUNE, 22-The Clearing
House Committee held meeting last
evening and made close examination
of the American Exchange National
Bank affairs. The bank presidents are
also said to have met, and after looking
over the banks statement were entirely
satisfied that it was solvent, and decided
to render it any assistance that it might
need. The bank paid its clearing house
balance this morning, and was able to
attend to all its business as usual The
banks losses by the closing of the Fidelity
is stated, on good authority, at $29s, 900,
the claims against the Fidelity being re-
garded as next to worthless. The banks
surplus is $50, 900, and the directors have
decided to make special assessment on
its stockholders to make up 5000, 900.
This will place it on sound footing, and
make it able to guard against all emer-
gencies.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-24
SHEENY MIKES TRIAL.
Testimony to Prove "A Confession of tn
Prisoner While I'm Jail.

|
Troy, n. ", June ga jury was Sc
cured to-day in the case of Sheeny Mike
kurtz, who is charged with completely
in the Marks diamond robbery i'm this
city in February. 1884. On the former
trial Kurtz was found guilty, but the
conviction was set aside on appeal. on
the ground that an alleged confession Of
kurtz, related 10y District Attorney
Rhodes and detective. was illegally OBJ
tanned and should not have been admit
ted i'm evidence. To overcome this. the
prosecution this afternoon produced
William A. Harding. who in 1856 was
in the employ of Herring Il Co, New
York, safe manufacturers.
AN ALLEGED JAIL CONFIDENCE.
The witness deposed that he was ar
rested in Jacksonville at the instance of a
hank for making drafts on Herring &
Co. when L e had no authority to do So.
He declared that he had been drinking
heavily at the time and that he had
made the acquaintance of Kurtz the day
after he was placed in jail, and that Kurtz
then told him that he had heard that
Billy Porter had ''blowed" on him, hut
that he could not have done so without
duplicating himself. In second con-
versation Harding AYERS that Kurtz told
him that he and Porter agreed 10 do
job and that the former was sent out to
prospect. After visiting Providence. R.
L., and Albany. n. ". he came to Troy
and selected Marks place. Harding.
with great minuteness of detail. then
went on to describe all about the robbery
and the route of flight, exactly as Rhodes
and the detective told il on the first trial
The similarity between the two stories
was very marked, and it was noticeable
that Harding made no reference To the
detective whatever.
A CONFUSED WITNESS.
On cross-examination by eS-Speaker
Patterson Harding admitted that he saw
the detective officer in New York last
week, and he stated that until he told
the story in court to-day he had told it
to nobody, except Mr.. Cooper. in Flor
ida. i'm February, 1886. He, however.
told portions of it to Mr.. Rhodes yester-
day. Before the court adjourned this
evening Mr.. Patterson had confused
Harding so much that he could not tell
the number of the. house or the name of
the street he lived i'm or the place he does
business. He says he is a cotton broker.
Harding did not create a very favorabls
impression. His cross examination VIII
be continued in the morning,
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-24
TELESCOPED ON THE TRACK.
Shocking and Fatal Disaster Mt Hayre
de Grace.
New York Herald


New York Herald
HAvRE DE GRACE, Md, June 22.-This
place was the scene of a shocking COLI
sion about six O'Clock yesterday evening
and the Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore Railroad depot and the track
near it present horrible picture. The
south bound train. due here at 5;jS, left
the station and ran but a few yards
when it was met by the north bound
fast express, running at high rate OF
speed, and a frightfuI wreck en-
sued. The fast express struck the bag
gage car of the south bound train
Just as it struck the switch, and
crushing it ran into the parlOr cars be
hind it, turned two of them over and
completely demolished them. The en-
gine, continuing on, telescoped another
coach before it could be stopped. The
people on the north bound train received
only some slight shocks. The south
bound train of six cars was very full of
passengers, and nearly all of them We're
more or less hurt.
KILLED AND INJURED.
There was but one person killed:
Mr. Alexander Gautrom, of Washing
ton. ID. c., about thirty years old. He
was in the car in which the engine stop
ped, was struck by it, crushed between
the seats, and before he could be released
was scalded to death by the escaping
steam.
Among the more seriously hurt are:
T. 4. Bland, Washington, head
scalded; A. Brice, New York, arm and
head cut; b. Nj. Baker, Baltimore, left
leg fractured; Rev. j. Z. Pinkham, MN
neapolis, shoulder blade broken and arm
fractured; j. NJ Wharton, Baltimore,
skull fractured and face BADLY bruised;
A. l.. Wood, n. j., seriously hurt about
the head; Rev. Herbert Smith, Balti-
more, leg AMI hand cut.
There were several others whose names
could not be learned. The engineer of
the north bound engine stuck to his
post, but the fireman jumped of before
the collision and received some internal
injuries.
Five or six physicians we've immedi-
ately summoned and rendered all the
assistance to the wounded possible.
THE ACCIDENT AND It's CAUSE
The dead victim was taken in charge
by the agent, placed in the baggage
room and later was turned over to Cor
oner Penning. The more seriously in
jured We're taken to hotels and proper
care given them. As soon as an engine ar
rived from the south a part of the Con-
gressional train was made up with the
engine and baggage car of the south
bound train and a greater part of the
passengers of both trains were taken
back to Baltimore.
The cause of the accident, William
Sergeant, one of the oldest engineers on
the road, says was the refusal of the air
brakes to work. The engine was re-
versed, but too late to be of use,
An inquest will be held on the body of
Gautrom Tomorrow, and the result is
looked forward to with great interest
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-24
JACKSONVILLE.
REDISTRICTED BY new CHARTER.
THERE WILL BE SIX WHITE AND
THREE COLORED WARDS.
The Democrats to Control the City Council Miss
Keeps concert- Mike kustz cieased-Mar-
rage Of q Ward Politician
Special tO the PuIatka Ners.

Special 10 the Pulatka Nems.
JACKSONVILLE, June 23.-There is con-
siderable exultation in Jacksonville to-
night over the action of the City Com
missioners. Under the new city charter
act the Commissioners met to locate the
boundaries and divide jacksonville into
wards.
Ii was feared that the Republicans
would. under the new charter, control
the city g6Tsrnment, but by shrewd
management, tonight, the city was de-
vided into six white and three negro
wards, giving each ward two aldermen
apiece, and these aldermen control the
city government. The mayor, by the
new charter. is mere figure head. and,
as he will be elected by the Republicans,
the citizens don't care.
Information was received here this
evening that Mike Kurtz. alias Sheeny
Mike, who was arrested here in April,
1886, on the charge of robbing a jewelry
store in Troy, N. ", and who was con-
victed in Troy and sentenced to eighteen
years in the penitentiary, has been
cleared. Kurtz has two brothers here,
wholesale tobacconists. Kurtz will re-
turn here.
Steve Melton, a well known ward pol
itician, married Miss Ida Il. Maxey to-
night. The groom formerly lived in
Macon. Ga.
The Jacksonville merchants have
agreed to give their clerks half holiday
every week during the summer.
A big Masonic excursion is on the
tapis for Pablo Tomorrow.
A swell concert was given tonight by
Miss Florence Keep, formerly an operatic
star of European reputation, and the
elite of the city attended. Miss Minnie
Smith, leading Jacksonville belle,
made her debut and was enthusiastically
received, and the floral tributes mag
nificent. The other singers were Miss
Rosina Patterson. Mrs. Love and Messrs.
Sessions and Eccles. This was con-
sidered the most fashionable event of
the season. CARTER.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-24
FIRE IN NEW YORK.
A six-story Building Burned at a Loss of
2IS0.OOO.

NEW YORK. June 23.-The large cigar
box factory of Simon Strauss. situated
at 10. 1s1 and 1s3 Lewis street. was
almost entirely destroyed by fire this
morning The fire extended to two small
factory buildings. $50 and S22 Fifth
street, which were badly gutted. The
fire, which originated from an unknown
cause, was discovered by the police Off
Ger on the post. The fire spread rapidly
among the infiammable goods. a sec
ond and third alarm were sent in.
The building is six stories high, with
a frontage of seventy-five feet, depth
one hundred feet. The owner. Simon
Strauss, occupied the entire structure
except the third floor i'm portion of the
building at No. 119. The other occu-
pant was VIM. III. Coffin, shoe manu-
facturer. Strauss manufactures cigar
boxes, wooden figures. etc. Fire
men Carroll and Mccarthy had narrow
escapes from instant death. At ? o'clock
i'm the morning, without warning. the
wall on Lewis street toppled over into
the street The firemen were ON the
tower in charge of the stream at the
time.
At the moment of the collapse clouds of
smoke and debris filled the air and moth
ing could be seen of the endangered men
and it was thought they were surely
killed, but they were found to be all
right. They had seen the shaking wall
and jumped for their lives. The water
tower, on which two men had stood. was
wrecked by debris. and truck was COM
pletely ruined.
The total loss will aggregate about
100000. The Strauss factory building
was valued at $7j 900. The loss on the
building itself will be about $65, 900.
Strauss estimates his loss on stock and
machinery at a like amount. The loss
on VIM. III. Coffin's stock of shoes was
S2O,OOO. The building SEQ and S22 Fifth
street, occupied by w. III. Rowland, ship
joiner, was damaged about 5000, and
stock $4,000. Jas. r.. Young. dealer i'm
baby carriages, Sl3 Fifth street, loses
81 800 on his stock. Julius Gottlieb.
SO7 Fifth street, loses 81 ,OOO-loss mostly
covered by insurance. The fire throws
100 persons out of employ ment.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-24

A Long Standing Quarrel Results in
Tragedy.

A Long Standing Quarrel Results in a
| Tragedy.
NEW ORLEANS, La, June PA fatal
affray occurred in Tangipahoa parish.
yesterday afternoon. between DIR. NJ a.
| Varnado and l. III. Draughp. two prom
inent citizens of the parish, in which
Varnado was shot and instantly killed.
Bad feeling had existed between the two
men for some time, which was aggra-
waited by the indictment of Draughn two
weeks ago for carrying concealed weap-
ons. 1t was believed by Draughn that
Varnado was hrs prosecutor before the
Grand Jury.
The men met yesterday in "A bar-room.
when Draughn asked Varnado to take a
drink with him. The latter, Draughn
SAYS, fatty refused and said he did not
want anything to do with Draughn, but
wanted to be let alone, at the same time
drawing a revolver. Varnado then
walked out of the bar-room and stationed
himself at tine door.
When Draughn approached he says
he asked him if he wanted anything
from him. Draughn says he replied that
he did not want any trouble. when Var
nado began cursing him and drew his
revolver again.
SUDDEN AND DEADLY FIRE.
Draughn. as quick as a flash, drew his
own revolver and commenced firing. So
close was he to NarnadO that the latter's
coat was set on fire by the flashes of the
pistol. Three bullets took effect in Narna-
dos side within a radius of six inches.
One passed through the left arm and
one grazed the left wrist. Varnado did
not have a chance to fire shot, as prob
ably the first bullet from Draughn's re-
volver passed through his heart and he
fell dead.
Draughn walked on to Mr.. III. j.
Saunders store, and handing him the
revolver said, There's the pistol which
did the work" At the time he was
wiping off the blood stains from the bar
rel of the weapon.
A PLEA OF SELF-DEFENSE.
Draughn insisted that the shooting was
entirely in self defense. that Varnado
had been after him for two years, perse-
cutting him. and had brought it all upon
himself.
Both men have many friends, and
there was intense excitement in the lit
tie community over the tragedy.
Draughn was promptly arrested by
Sheriff Mix. So strong was the feeling
among Varnado's friends against the
prisoner that the sheriff, fearing an at
tempt would be made to take him out of
the hands of the law, brought him To
this city at a late hour last night and
confined him, for better security, in the
parish prison.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-24
INTERSTATE MATTERS.
A Good Deal OF Sparring Over tn
Value Of Patent.

WASHINGTON, Jnne 23.-The Inter
day hearing the argument of counsel on
the complaint of the Burton Live Stock
Car Company against sundry railways.
General Butler spoke twice at considera-
BILE length for the complainant, and
Writ Dexter, George C. Green, John ).
Blair and Judge Shellabarger represent
ell tine railways. The argument was in
terspersed with a good deal of personal
sparring between Butler, Dexter and
Green. The railroad counsel held that
tended to be, an effort to establish the
value of patent controlled by the car
company
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-24
FIDELITY NATIONAL BANK.
The Comptroller of the Currency Takes
the Bank in Hand.


the Bank i'm Hand.
CINCINNATI, June 23.-Mr. George w.
Trenholm, Comptroller of the Currency,
has arrived here and has taken charge of
the Fidelity National Bank. Dt. Camp,
who has been named as receiver, will
probably decline, as an acceptance
would compel him to give up his present
connection with the Metropolitan Ma
tional Bank. Interest is turning to the
question of what assets can be made
available for the debts of the bank. If
the president and directors can be as
sessed to the extent of their resources it
will produce about 81 500, 900 at a rough
estimate. There have been no new ar
rests and no new developments. 1t will
necessarily require much time and
labor to make a thorough examination.
NOT MUCH HURT BY THE FAILURE
CINCINNATI, o., June 23.-A special
from Columbus says the Fidelity Ma
tional Bank, of Cincinnati, was the ac-
credited correspondent for a majority of
the banks in Columbus, and nearly all
of them will be losers, though not i'm
large amounts. The sums extend all the
way from $50 to $15.0OO. The bankers
here refuse to talk about the failure, so
far as it relates to- themselves, and say
they are able to take care of themselves,
and express the belief that Columbus
would have scarcely been known i'm that
connection except for the hasty action
of Brooks, Butler Il Co. in getting out
an attachment to secure themselves i'm
a $50, 900 claim. Other bankers insist
that tho attachment is of no account, as
the wreck had already passed into the
hands of the Government and was be
yOnd civil action
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-24
The Ore Handlers Not Sustained.

PTTTsBURG, June 23.-T. b. Barry, of
the General Executive Board of the
Knights of Labor. who has been investi-
eating the strike of the ore handlers at
Cleveland, Ohio, was i'm the city to-day,
EN- route to the headquarters of
the Knights of Labor i'm Phil
adelphia. Mr.. Barry stated that the
Knights had abandoned the strike and
the men could now continue the fight
unaided by the Order. 1.-The strike"
said he twas not as represented to us,
and when we arranged a settlement the
men refused to accept the terms of their
of Labor will not have anything further
to do with the matter"
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-24
COMING SOUTH.
The u nitcd States Rolling Stock Com
pany Said to Go to Alabama.

New YORK, June 23.-The CONNER
eid advertiser says negotiations are
said to be going on in this city looking
to n removal of the works of the United
States Rolling Stock Company from Ur-
bana, Ohio to Decatur, Ala. The COM
pany is one of the largest car manufac-
turing concerns in the country. Major
f. e. Gordon, of the Decatur Land, I'm
provement and Furnace Company, is in
New York and it is understood that he
is conducting negotiations for the Ala
bama parties. The company has a cap
ital of 81 ,OOO, 900, all of which, except
$50.000, was subscribed by Southerners.
1t was organized last january and al
ready has twenty-three miles and fac
tones in operation or in process of con-
struction. The results of the location of
the works at Decatur are expected tn be
very beneficial to that district.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-24
His Autograph ON u Brick.
Harrington CNe.D Chronicle.


Half a century ago there was a brick
yard on the north side of the road at the
foot of the Ames hill, so called. near
what is now the Messrs. Riggs tarnery.
One day Captain r. V. Stewart, then
thirty years of age, was In that yard,
and while walking around among the
unburned brick which were scattered
about he picked up sharp stick and
carelessly wrote the following upon one
of them: "F. V. Stewart. 1896" The
brick, with others, went into the kiln,
was burned. and afterward was laid into
the walls of the Old South Church
(erected that year.. Nothing more was
thought Of the matter until "A short time
ago, when, ar workmen were cleaning
the brick from the walls Of the church,
burned in the great fire, the identical
brick was brought 10 light -as perfect in
shape as when laid. and with the in
scription upon il as plain as print. This
valuable relic was carefully preserved by
Mrs. j. i. Thwing until Mr.. Stewards
return from Boston, when she presented
II to him. Mr.. Stewart IN now eighty
years Of age. and he says IL will take a
big sum of money To get that brick away
from him.